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On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-01-13 17:29, pothead wrote:
>> On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>> On 2025-01-13 17:20, pothead wrote:
>>>> On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-01-13 16:01, pothead wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-01-13, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 15:29, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13, Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> In article <vm44ss$222t5$5@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 14:22, Skeeter wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> In article <vm42eo$222t5$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 06:47, Skeeter wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article <vm2g9v$1moco$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-12 22:48, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:18:48 -0800,  Alan says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You think you should build infrastructure to deal with "record"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> levels, do you?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Better than empty fire hydrants.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The reservoirs aren't empty.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But needing to use that many fire hydrants simultaneously results in low
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> water pressure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> They were empty.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> No, they weren't. Pressures were very low at hydrants because of how
>>>>>>>>>>>> many were attempting to be used simultaneously...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ...but that's not the same thing.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be fiscally responsible?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey faggot, this ain't fucking Canada we're talking about... this is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CALIFORNIA, the land of the I don't GIVE a shit what it costs, as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long as there are dykes, fags, drag queens and MEXICANS in positions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of power and making money and living comfortably off our dime!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, OUR dime... they take in FEDERAL dollars too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You mean like the "FEDERAL dollars" a lot of the Republicans voted
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://meidasnews.com/news/44-republicans-voted-against-forest-management-wildfire-prevention-in-december>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> California's in debt to the tune of $621 BILLION. How much over-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> budget do you think the high speed rail system will go? (see below)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not germane to this discussion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It shows how incompatant they are.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll remember that you claim that the size of the debt is related to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> incompetence of the governing party...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ...when Trump's budgets come in again with larger debt/deficits.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you even realize the scope of what you're suggesting?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the LIBERAL Los Angeles Times can write about it, and say that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> California is WASTING precious resources... why is it such fucking
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> taboo for YOU to care about it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can't just magically build the infrastructure to handle a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> record-setting amount of rainfall.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes you can. Maybe Kanada needs to learn from us.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nope. Big projects take TIME.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> That's just a fact.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Pictures of the main one empty. It was "off line:.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Picture of the "main one" what? Reservoir.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yup
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That was ONE reservoir out of many and it needed repair...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It was the main one for that area.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ...and it wasn't the "main one" at all.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It was ONE reservoir of many that serve Los Angeles (22 in all, not
>>>>>>>>>> counting ones outside LA County), and from what I'm seeing, it was a
>>>>>>>>>> pretty small one at that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It should have been full. They were warned what was coming. You also
>>>>>>>>> need electricity to pump some of that water.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are so many bad decisions that were made in CA that it's difficult to
>>>>>>>> even keep track of them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Name one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The libbys are trying in vain to defend these libtard and DEI hires and their
>>>>>>>> incompetence but it's impossible.
>>>>>>>> The media is also trying to take the focus off poor policy decisions but
>>>>>>>> it's not working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Name one such decision.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>> Right from the LA fire chief.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/who-is-kristin-crowley-la-fire-chief>
>>>>>
>>>>> And how is that a poor policy decision?
>>>>>
>>>>> Be specific.
>>>>>
>>>>> Try to say something more than "lesbo".
>>>>
>>>> Obviously you didn't even view the video because the fire chief
>>>> was complaining about budget cuts which hurt the department.
>>>> It has nothing to do with her being a lesbo.
>>>
>>> What budget cuts? The 2% cut?
>>>
>>> That's it? That's yoru big bad policy decision?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sadly, as bad and horrible this situation is for a large number of people,
>>>>>>>> CA will probably still stay blue because they hate the republicans even more
>>>>>>>> than they hate their own politicians whose poor decision making have caused
>>>>>>>> this mess.
>>>>>>> You realize that the blue states subsidize the red states...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Goal post move.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again for proving my points.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You're the one who brought up the "mess" that certain states are
>>>>> supposed to have made.
>>>>
>>>> Blue states subsidizing red states has nothing to do with policies that
>>>> blue states enact in order to waste money.
>>>
>>> It might make an intelligent person wonder why they have so much more
>>> money than blue states.
>>>
>>> But I can see why that let's you out.
>> 
>> <https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_44669866-adb3-11ee-96a1-3f9bfb526300.html>
>  From a right wing mouth piece like William Haupt III?
>
> Do you really want to get into the specifics of the facts he presents 
> and what he omits?
>
> Let's examine just one:
>
> 'The 10 states in the best fiscal condition are almost all red states. 
> Tennessee has never been in the red.'
>
> Let's look at Tennessee in more detail to see how they achieved that 
> "never in the red" condition:
>
> 13th in poverty
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_poverty_rate>
>
> 9th in child poverty.
>
><https://datacenter.aecf.org/data/tables/43-children-in-poverty#ranking/2/any/true/2545/any/322>
>
> 45 in infant mortality
>
><https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/infant_mortality_rates/infant_mortality.htm>
>
> And all of that while ranking 11th in percentage of state general 
> revenue coming from the federal government
>
> So they take a lot from the federal government...
>
> ...don't do much to help their people...
>
> ...but, hey! Their budget is balanced!
>

If you are replying to me, I'm speaking specifically of LA.



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pothead

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